The letters of the Rožmberk sisters
Subtitle: noblewomen in fifteenth-century Bohemia : translated from Czech and German with introduction, notes and interpretive essay
By: John M. Klassen, with Eva Doležalová and Lynn Szabo.
Contributors: Klassen, John M.; Doležalová, Eva.; Szabo, Lynn.
Series: Library of medieval women
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
Subjects: Rožmberka, Perchta z, 15th cent. -- Correspondence; Rožmberk, Anéžka, 15th cent. -- Correspondence; Rožmberk family; Family -- Czech Republic -- Bohemia -- History -- 15th century -- Sources; Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Social life and customs -- 15th century -- Sources
Genres: Correspondence.; Sources.
Description: "The Letters of Perchta and Anezka offer an insight into how two aristocratic women in fifteenth-century Bohemia saw themselves and their lives. The central topic of this collection is Perchta's expression, in letters to her father, of her deep unhappiness at his choice of husband for her, in which her expectations of respect and companionship in marriage clearly emerge.

This rare discussion on paper of a situation that must have faced many women in the middle ages is valuable for its illustration of how much a woman might do to influence plans made for her, made all the more interesting by the vigorous personalities of the two sisters and the incidental illumination of family and castle life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. [129]-132) and index.